Match package



MATCH PACKAGE Filed NOV. 23. 1931 HHH. IHIHI d Sumo Ho's %/V QEL A ZZ/ 772 E,

.Patentecl Sept. 12, 1933 T eez- 'LPMAme- I l wendell 1). Little; indiala oliajr a. 1 J

i Application November 23, 1931 1 a i l -Serial No. 5'7 6,7-17- j My invention isconcerned with packages of paper matcheslof the common type. Such packages comprise aiblock of paper matches enclosed within 'a strip of heavy paper or cardboard cover,

5 the untreated ends of; the matches b'e'ing'secured ing surface for the'matches. 1

In embodying my invention in such a match- .50

strip forming the cover acts as a flap which pro'-. tects the matches and extends overthe heads'of the matches and has its free end inserted beneath the lower end of the cover.

In the usual manner of using such matches, the package is grasped in one hand, and with "the e and struck against the striking surface provided on the folded-over lower end of the cover; It "is the object of my invention to produce a match-1 package of the general typedescribed which will be adapted-for use with one hand. 1 I 7 I In carrying out my-invention l provide near the top of the flap which covers the matches a striking surface so positioned 'asto be, engaged by the head of amatch which'has been bent fore wardirom theblock of matches and behind j which the flap has been inserted The accompanying drawing illustrates in:-

ventioni Fig. l'is an isometric View of a package of paper matches embodying my invention; Fig.-, 2 is an; end elevation of such a match, package.

j with the flap closed and a match in position for striking; Fig; 3 is an end elevation ofthe match package showing the'flap raised; and Fig, 4 is a front-elevationof a match package illustrating a slightly modified construction.

paper cover, the lower end "12 of the cover beingfolded over the ends of the matches andfthe matches being held in place by a staple 13. From" the upper end of the back 11, the cover of the" package extends over the heads'of .the matches tomarily adapted for insertion behind the'end 12. The outerface of the lower end 12 of the cover is coated withsome material which forms a strik package, I provide near the top of the'front face of the cover a transverse projection 15 which may be formed in any convenient manner. This projection has a lower surface that is preferably inclined upwardly and outwardly relatively to the front face of thecover and is coated with matetothe'outer surface'of the cover. other hand'the flap is lifted, amatch is torn off,

' In the matchpack'ag'e of the type with which my invention is concerned, the uncoated endstionof theprojection 15 is such that itscoated "lower surface will be engaged by the head of the match which has been bent forward from-it's I sual placeand lies in'front of thecover; as illus t n t kand' the lower fo1ded-over end. Y 1 I of the cover. The other, or upper, end of the j tratedin"Fig .1'. H 1 m l I'find'. it desirableto provide on thecover be rib -16 upon which the match :maybear as its ,up--

and conveniently is a narrow strip In operation, the. match 'packageis grasped between the fingers and the palm of the users hand,

and the flap is raised with the thumb. After the nap has been raised,.the thumb is employed to bend one match forwardly when, with-the assist- 'ance of theindex finger, the flap may be lowered innrear of the forwardly bent match, as indicated in Figs. land 2. With the cover thus returned to its normal positiongthe match-head is forced transversely across thestriking surface on'the, .with the thumb, andisthereby projection 16 ignited; r

In order to prevent deformation of the curved ,portion of the, cover adjacent the upper ends of v the-matches due, to its repeated flexing,'I coni siderit desirable to provide the cover with a ,Jtransversescore"18 at aboutthe position illustrated in the drawing-4Q e., approximately opposite the lower ends of the match-heads.

To facilitate the operation of bending a match forward after the flap has been raised, the rows of matches are preferablyarranged as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, the lengths ofthe'matches in creasingfromthe back match-row to the. front I match-row. In Fig. 4 I have illustrated a match package in which the lower or striking surface on the projection 15" is transversely curved. By employing a projection of this shape, I am enabled to obtain a more constant pressure between the match andits striking surface. and downwardly, this end of the cover being cus- I claim as my invention: 7 V 1 1 1. A match package comprisinga plurality of vmatcl'ies each having a-stem of flexible material providedat one end with a head a cover for said low the projection 15 a transversely extending I matches, said coverbeingformed of flexible 'material with its upper end folded overthe headed cover folded over; and secured t0 the opposite;

ends of the matches, and a projection extending ends of the matches and with the lower end of the-. I

that a match, while still secured to the lower end of said cover, may have its head brought into engagement with said striking surface and drawn therealong. V

2. A match package as set forth in claim 1 with the addition that said cover is providedbetween its folded over ends and adjacent the smatch-heads with a: transverse score-line to weaken the material of the "cover and facilitate' movement of the upper end of the-cover to expose the matches. 7 i o 3; A match package, comprising a plurality V of matches having stems of flexible tearablema package, may have its head broughtinto'eng age 'terial, said stems being secured in said package at their lower ends and having headsat their upper ends, acover for said package,v said cover, being. provided with a generally,transversely ;ex-

tending projection having on its lower'side a match-striking surface so disposed thata match,-

while still'having its lowerend secured in said ment with said-striking surface and drawn therealong, I I A. A matchpackage, comprising a plurality of matches having stems of flexible tearable material; said 'stems'being secured in said'pack'age at their lower ends and having heads at their upper ends, a cover for said package, said cover being provided with a generally downwardly predisposed so that a match, while still having its it'sjhead' brought into engagement with said striking surface and drawn therealong.

ed endsof the matches and with the lower end of the cover secured tothe opposite ends of the matches, the upper end of said cover being provided exteriorly with a match-striking surface positioned so thatia match, whilestill secured to. the lower end or; said cover, may have its headbro'ught into engagement with said strik ing surface and drawn therealong-and an outwardly projecting rib extending transversely of v the cover below said match-striking surface 7 WENDELL D, LITTLE.

sented transversely extending striking surface projecting outwardly from that portion of the cover lying below it, said striking surface being lower end secured in said package, may have 

